Yao Bishui was startled when he heard that Mrs. Cai was dead, while Lin Dan was drinking tea calmly, obviously expecting the current situation.
"Go and open the door so that someone won't break it later," she whispered.
"Why did you get kicked?" Yao Bishui obediently went to open the door, but her face was full of doubts.
"Today, there will be bad guests coming." Lin Dan's words just fell, and a group of yamen with iron chains and wooden shackles aggressively broke into Xuanqing Temple, smashing things when they saw it, as if they were going to raze the place to the ground.
"You are the watcher of this Xuanqing Temple?" The leading yamen pointed at Lin Dan and shouted, "Come on, lock her up for me!"
"Master Guan, what did we do? You have to give us a reason for arresting people! We are all good people, and we have never done anything bad in our lives. We also ask Master Guan to learn from us! Miao Miao, come here, auntie!" Yao Bi Shui appeases Xu Miaomiao and asks why.
"Old Lady Cai has been cursed to death by you, and you are still good people! In order to show your prowess in magic, you are really capable of doing anything crazy! Don't talk nonsense with me here, go to the prison and talk to the grandfather of the country. Let me explain! Someone, lock her up! Take these two away together!" Seeing that Lin Dan was just sitting cross-legged on the futon and chanting scriptures, the leading yamen didn't even frown, let alone show fear. It became more and more uncomfortable.
When arresting people is when they show their prestige, but the person being arrested doesn't respond at all. How can this feel so aggrieved
A group of yamen rushed towards him fiercely, but they were forced back a few feet by Lin Dan, who waved the Buddha's dust lightly.
"If I really have such a high level of Taoism, I am afraid that everyone who came to arrest people today would not be able to escape the fate of sudden death." Lin Dan said calmly.
All the yamen were stunned for a moment, then showed expressions of horror, then looked at each other, and did not dare to come forward again. If this demon really has that kind of ability, who in this world can get her
After hesitating, Lin Dan said again: "Please wait a moment, I have a distinguished guest coming from Xuanqingguan. I know that you are eager to flatter Cai Guogong, but later this honored guest will not even offend the Guogong's mansion. I advise you to act cautiously, and don’t rush to stand in line.”
A person who can't even offend the government, who? Although the yamen scoffed at these remarks, they did not dare to act rashly. There are honors and honors everywhere in the capital, God knows which big man this Xuanqing Guan has joined in addition to Yongxinhou. Just wait, wait, anyway, they only let them arrest people, and there is no time limit.
Thinking of this, all the yamen stood dryly, but they didn't even dare to touch Lin Dan.
Sure enough, after two quarters of an hour, the sound of horses raising their hooves came from outside the door. After a while, a handsome young man ran in under the protection of many guards. He opened his mouth and shouted, "Dao Lin, Director Lin, tell me quickly, why do you know that Mrs. Cai will die!"
A boy of fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing a bright yellow brocade robe, and calling himself "I". He was accompanied by the Imperial Guard, and he also wore a treasured sword and a token around his waist... It turned out that the honored guest mentioned by the spectator was actually the emperor. ? Thinking of this, all the yamen servants thumped and knelt down as soon as their knees softened, knocking their heads against the sky.
While in awe, they thought with fear, "Fortunately, I didn't take the initiative to be rude to Lin Guan, otherwise how would I explain to the emperor at this time!" A person who even dared not offend the Duke's Mansion, after several times in the imperial city, isn't it only the royal clan? Why didn't they think of it earlier
Yao Bishui and Xu Miaomiao also fell to the ground in fright, kowtowing along with the yamen. They had seen this young man several times, but they did not expect his status to be so precious.
Only Lin Dan was still sitting cross-legged on the futon, turning a deaf ear to the sound of kowtows in the hall, and he never got up to greet the Holy Chariot. First, she has already seen through the identities of young and middle-aged men, so she is not afraid; second, she is an outsider now, so she is naturally not bound by secular rules; third, these years, the emperor has been Seeking a visit to a famous doctor for Prince Jin, he even personally went to see a doctor and kowtow outside his thatched cottage, which shows how eager he is to cure Prince Jin's illness.
And Lin Dan, possessing peerless medical skills, was naturally not afraid that the little emperor would not treat each other with courtesy. In fact, she had already discovered that there were three groups of people monitoring her these days. One group was with poor skills, and they were Xu Zuguang's. The other two groups were very skilled in hiding, and they should have something to do with the royal guards.
Now, Cai Guogong wants to put her to death, which is completely in conflict with the interests of the little emperor and Prince Jin. She is naturally not afraid that they will not come out and stop her.
"Your Majesty wants to know the truth?" Lin Dan waved the Buddha's dust lightly and said, "Then go to Duke Cai's mansion to see."
"Lin Daochang really knew the identities of me and my uncle." The little emperor smiled comfortably. Since Lin Dan has already seen through the identities of the two of them, she can be neither humble nor arrogant when facing them, which shows how broad-minded she is. The more she is like this, the deeper the little emperor's affection for her.
"I know how, but what if I don't know?" Lin Dan asked in a gentle tone.
Unexpectedly, the little emperor laughed more heartily, and while repeating this sentence, he joked: "Lin Daochang, you and my uncle will definitely be able to chat together, you know, this sentence is the mantra of the uncle. Let's go. Let's go, let's go!"
Lin Dan was about to get up, but the little emperor stepped forward and helped her with a very respectful and polite attitude.
Seeing this scene, all the yamen knelt in the hall were covered in cold sweat. They were ordered to arrest people today, and the grandfather of the country also explained that they should find a secret place on the way back, and pull out the tongue of the spectator, and don't let her have the opportunity to curse people again. Now that Guanzhu has become the emperor's distinguished guests, shouldn't they be unlucky
Amid the trembling of everyone, Lin Dan and the little emperor walked outside the Xuanqing Temple, but saw a carriage approaching quickly, as soon as it stopped, Prince Jin helped him out of the carriage, frowning, "I heard that There were yamen officers who wanted to arrest Dao Master Lin, and I happened to be not at the farmhouse, so I rushed over here. Dao Master, you have not been disturbed, have you?"
"It's okay, thank you for your concern." Lin Dan nodded.
Seeing Prince Jin, all the yamen servants were sweating like rain, and they regretted in every possible way that they had taken this errand. If these two came a little late, or if they didn't wait too long, but just grabbed the person and pulled out their tongues, what would happen... Everyone didn't dare to think deeply, their legs trembled with fright, so they silently Xuanqingguan falls into the category that must not be offended, and the rank is still above the major honors and royal clansmen.
"Are you going to Duke Cai's mansion?" Prince Jin looked at Lin Dan and asked with a smile, "I'm going too, can I?"
"Naturally."
"Then ask the three of you to get into the carriage." Prince Jin lifted the curtain of the car with a very gentle and polite attitude. If Lin Dan hadn't called out his identity, Yao Bishui wouldn't have seen that he would be a prince with power and military exploits, and he was just a gentle scholar.
The group got into the carriage, Yao Bishui and Xu Miaomiao huddled in the corner very cautiously. Lin Dan sat opposite Prince Jin, drinking tea leisurely. Prince Jin asked several times about Cai Guogong's mansion, but was dismissed by Lin Dan's light-hearted "you will know when you go", so he had no choice but to shut up.
The little emperor beat the horse and walked by the side, and when he heard the emperor's uncle slumped several times, he couldn't help thinking of the thing he had made himself shriveled before, and immediately covered his mouth and snickered. It is said that when you order tofu with brine, one thing subverts another. Obviously, Huang Shu was subdued by Mrs. Lin.
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Cai Guogong's mansion opened today, the front door and the side door were wide open, and people came and went with mourning faces, and their identities were not simple. Wan Yushi also came, but he did not rush to get out of the car when he arrived at the gate of the house, but said to Wan Xiu'er who was sitting beside him: "I will help him settle the matter of Xu Zuguang, please let him be honest, don't ask What the hell is going on! When I married you to him, what I valued was his honesty and duty, but I didn't expect that when I was wrong, I had to help him clean up this mess!"
"Dad, my daughter is pregnant now, what can I do if I don't protect him!" Wan Xiu'er said with a frown.
Wan Yushi closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then slowly said: "His original partner must be dealt with, otherwise I will be implicated in this matter! Fortunately, that person is not honest, he has already provoked Cai Guogong, I heard Cai Guogong sued her The old lady was cursed to death, and someone has been sent to get her. I will also do a little bit of work to let her die quietly in the prison. From now on, you will let Xu Zuguang do it for herself, and I will not take care of her again. Nothing happened to him!"
Wan Xiu'er nodded reluctantly, and said, "Then the pair of children she gave birth to?"
"Why, do you still want to keep them?" Wan Yushi glared at his daughter in disgust.
"No, no, those two daughters will handle it yourself, Daddy, don't worry about it." Wan Xiuer waved her hands again and again, then lifted the curtain, and said to please, "Daddy, get out of the car carefully, I'm pregnant, so I won't go in. already."
"Well, let's go back and rest." Wan Yushi has always felt sorry for this daughter the most, and the anger at that point has long since vanished. For him, killing Lin Dan was as simple as stepping on an ant.
It was said that Cao Cao and Cao Cao were coming, and suddenly many imperial guards came to Cai Guogong's mansion, which was very lively, and crowded the guests who should have entered the door. After stabilizing, a woman floated down, stretched out a porcelain-white hand, and pulled down a man who was coughing frequently. The man was calm on the surface, but in fact the tips of his ears were red, but the woman didn't give him another look, she stretched out both hands, and hugged a pink girl from the car.
The crowd around the audience was stunned for a moment, then knelt down with sincerity, long live the mountain, and then kowtowed to the man, saying Chitose.
Wan Yushi also knelt and kowtowed in the crowd, his expression was the same.
Wan Xiu'er, who hurriedly jumped out of the carriage to salute, was pale and trembling like a sieve. After three kowtows, she swayed and almost fell to the ground. Wan Yushi quickly gave her a hand, and when the emperor and his party entered the palace, he scolded: "Why are you so incompetent? It's just to welcome the holy car, do you need to be scared like this?"
"No, Daddy!" Wan Xiu'er's voice trembled: "Just now, the Taoist nun who went in with the emperor and the prince is Xu Zuguang's original match!"
"What did you say?!" Wan Yushi showed a horrified expression. Out of curiosity, he could see clearly just now that when the woman crossed the threshold, Prince Jin was afraid that she would not be able to see the way under her feet while holding the child, so he stretched out his hand to take the child over. He whispered a word in her ear, and then smiled gently, not like a stranger, but more like a close friend.
The little emperor also paid attention to the woman the whole time, and explained it very carefully when he entered the door, saying that the threshold is very high.
The attitude of these two to women is gentle and courteous, and even reveals some small intimacy, but the tolerance sent by Cai Guogong has disappeared. What does this mean? This shows that the woman has climbed up Prince Jin and the little emperor, and now looking at the whole city, not to mention Cai Guogong can't deal with her, even the royal family can't help her!
"Okay, look at what a good husband you are married to, and you have stabbed such a big basket! I don't care about Xu Zuguang, you can find a solution yourself!" After changing his attitude, he immediately added: "I raised you so much, you only repay my favor of raising you, and don't come to the door again in the future. If you have anything to do, take care of the overall situation!" Luo stooped and hurriedly entered the Guogong's mansion.
Wan Xiu'er was frightened, and after struggling for a while, she stood up with a big belly. She wanted to go in to see what happened, but she didn't dare, so she could only hide in the carriage, praying that things would turn around.
At the same time, Lin Dan also walked to the mourning hall and stood in front of the coffin of the old lady Cai. The family members of Cai Guogong's mansion knelt on both sides, some were burning paper, some were weeping, and some were weeping silently. Young Master Cai also knelt in the crowd, his hands wrapped in a thick layer of gauze, and a filial piety towel on his head. Mrs. Cai stayed beside him, with sweat on her forehead, mixed with tears, looking extremely embarrassed.
Seeing Lin Dan, Cai Guogong's expression changed greatly, and he was about to be reprimanded, but found that the emperor and Prince Jin were standing beside her, and she was suddenly caught in the throat by a pair of invisible hands, unable to say a word. The rest of the people quickly recovered, and all kowtowed to the little emperor and Prince Jin.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness, why did you come here with her?" Cai Guogong stood up and asked tentatively.
"I want to find out the truth. Cai Guogong, honestly, how did the old lady die?"
"Wei Chen's mother died suddenly in her sleep, on the seventh day after the demon released the curse." Cai Guogong showed an angry face.
Lin Dan didn't look at him at all, and handed Xu Miaomiao in his arms to Yao Bishui to keep the two away, and then turned to look at the eldest lady and the young master Cai. The eldest lady was stiff, but Young Master Cai raised his jaw and looked back with bright eyes.
"Master Guo, do you really not know how the old lady died?" Lin Dan walked towards the coffin step by step.
Cai Guogong sternly asked her what she wanted to do, then waved his hand and asked the servant to stop him, not wanting to answer her question.
"Why not let her take a look?" Prince Jin, who has never been a nosy, said at this moment.
The prince has spoken, and the servants of Cai Guogong's mansion dare not move. Lin Dan walked to the coffin unimpeded, stared carefully at the serene remains of the old lady, and said slowly, "The old lady did not die naturally, but was murdered by someone."
As soon as this remark came out, there was a great uproar in the hall, and the family members and guests jumped up in fright, and their manners were lost.
"You demonic way is confounding the public again!" Cai Guogong gritted his teeth in anger. If he had a knife in his hand, he would really like to cut Lin Dan into eight pieces.
Lin Dan didn't pay any attention to him, burnt incense and knelt down, scolded him again, then lifted the old lady's eyelids, checked her pupils, and held her hands to check repeatedly, saying with certainty, "Cai Guogong, the old lady is If someone was smothered to death, I suggest that you invite a dude to check carefully, and don’t let the old lady die.”
Cai Guogong ignored him, and even got angry, but there were two more powerful figures in the mourning hall. They asked the Imperial Guard to hire an experienced duo. How could Cai Guogong dare to stop him. Holding his breath, he glared at Lin Dan with fierce eyes, and said word by word, "This official's mother was very peaceful when she died, and there was even a smile on the corner of her mouth, she clearly passed away in her sleep, how could she have been killed? Covered to death? If you can't test anything, this Taoist priest, how should you explain it to this official?"
Lin Dan picked up a futon and sat down with his knees crossed. He just recited the scriptures and did not want to pay attention to Cai Guogong. What she asserts is the truth and can never go wrong, so she doesn't have to explain it to anyone.
Cai Guogong was about to be mad at her, but in front of the emperor and the lord, he couldn't attack, so he had to bring a few futons, ask these uninvited guests to sit down, and wait quietly. In the corner where they couldn't see, the eldest lady's clothes were soaked with cold sweat, and the young master Cai was still kneeling on the ground without showing any strangeness.
The rest of the guests were full of horror, not knowing why the emperor and the lord would follow this demonic way. How could the old lady Cai be killed by someone? She is the most respected person in the Duke's government, who has the courage to kill her without leaving any traces. It's impossible, it's absolutely impossible!
Everyone sat quietly in the same place, in fact, their hearts exploded. Prince Jin sat for a while, then stood up, first put three sticks of incense on the old lady, bowed a few times, then walked to the coffin, opened his eyelids to look at his pupils like Lin Dan, and then checked his hands, he seemed to have found it. What, let out a small hum.
The little emperor was so curious that he was scratching his lungs, but he had to sit still with the majesty of a body of ten thousand gold.
Cai Guogong's heart was tense, and he turned to think of his mother's peaceful remains, and quickly regained his composure. No, if the mother was really killed by someone, how could the maid who guarded the door not find out? Even if she didn't find it, why didn't her mother struggle and scream? Who has such great ability to come and go freely in the palace? Will not!
In the deadly silence, the Praetorian Guards brought three dudes, one in his early thirties, one in his early forties, and one who seemed to be in his sixtieth year. He had solved more than 20 criminal cases in his life. According to the investigation, it can be called the most outstanding work of the dynasty.
The three of them already knew their mission, and after seeing all the nobles, they began to inspect the coffin. The eldest man was the first to notice the abnormality, and immediately let out a "huh". After a while, the other two men also lowered their faces and accelerated the inspection.
The little emperor only felt that the futon under his butt was covered with spikes, which made him unable to sit still, so he urged: "Have you finished the inspection?"
The three of them did not dare to neglect, they checked again and again, got together to exchange opinions, and then cupped their hands and said: "Report to the emperor, after the investigation, the old lady was indeed killed by someone, not a natural death. The old lady's face was cyanotic, Swelling; the facial skin and pupils are bleeding slightly; the lips and nails are cyanotic, and there are a few bloody flesh threads left between the nails, which should have been caught from the murderer. Therefore, we believe that the old lady was caught by someone murdered."
"Did he really get murdered?" The little emperor suddenly stood up with a surprised expression. So weird, this thing is so weird! How did Lin Dan guess that the old lady would die? How do you know that she was murdered? Does she really know magic? !
The three of them looked at each other with doubts in their eyes, but nodded anyway.
Cai Guogong swayed, he couldn't bear such bad news at all, and the surrounding guests had already started talking, the whole mourning hall was noisy and the scene was very chaotic.
"You lied! Your eyes told this official that you concealed some truth! Say, who bribed you to attack the government of our country!" Cai Guogong stood up abruptly, his eyes bursting with anger.
He forced the three dudes to retreat again and again, but Lin Dan said unhurriedly: "Dare to ask the grandfather, who was the first person to find out that the old lady was dead? What was the old lady like at that time?"
"What qualifications do you have to interrogate this official?" Cai Guogong wanted to kill this demon on the spot.
"Whatever she asks you, you can answer. With the emperor and this prince here, you are not qualified to call the shots." Prince Jin said coldly.
When he lowered his face and showed his majesty, even the little emperor became obedient, let alone Cai Guogong? Cai Guogong had to restrain his hideous expression and waved to call a maid. The maid replied tremblingly, "It was the slave servant who first discovered the old lady. She was lying on the bed, sleeping peacefully, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, she didn't look like she was dead at all, so the slave servant didn't doubt it and put down the tent. , let her sleep a little longer, waited for another half an hour, and saw that all the masters had come to greet him, then walked into the inner room, and finally found that the old lady had gone, woo woo..."
The maid cried very sadly, and Cai Guogong's eyes were red, but Lin Dan continued to ask without expression: "Did she wear the clothes she wore when she died the night before? What about the quilt and mattress?"
The maid was stunned, thinking for a long time before she trembled: "It should be, the old lady's clothes and pants are all white, and they don't look any different. The quilt and the mattress, the slave has not noticed it, and I can't remember it now. Well, it should, it should be the same as before."
Lin Dan nodded and said again, "So, are her clothes clean? Does the mattress smell strange?"
"Clean, very clean! The old lady loves cleanliness very much. She has to change three or four sets of clothes every day, so how can she sleep in unclean clothes and pants? I really can't remember whether the bedding smells bad. Panicked, who will smell that."
"So, Cai Guogong, the person who killed the old lady must be your family." Lin Dan's words made the mourning hall explode.
The little emperor's hands trembled with excitement, but Prince Jin seemed to have expected it, but looked at Lin Dan with tender but rewarding eyes.
"What nonsense are you talking about..." Cai Guogong was so angry that he lost his mind, and he turned around to pull out the sword of the Janissaries closest to him.
Lin Dan didn't dodge in the slightest, and said slowly: "The three dudes have indeed concealed some truth, and now I will tell you plainly: everyone who is covered to death will suffer from urinary incontinence, that is to say, it is impossible for the old lady to wear one Clean clothes lay on the bed. In other words, the first person to find her was not the girl just now, but someone else; After she died, the old lady not only wiped her body, changed her clothes and bedding, but also adjusted her facial expressions to let her die with a smile. This series of actions takes a long time and requires someone to assist her. The mansion is heavily guarded, and it is impossible for no one to find out. From this, I infer that the identity of the person who killed the old lady is very special, and he has the ability to hide the sky and cross the sea in the mansion."
Cai Guogong swayed constantly, looking at the three Zuzuo, hoping that they would deny Lin Dan's words, but found that they nodded with their eyes closed, and they agreed.
"Bring that maid here! It's her, it must be her! She is my mother's personal maid, and she can do those evil things quietly!" Convicted.
Lin Dan couldn't let him get his wish: "I suggest that the grandfather of the country should not waste his time on others, but just ask your wife directly."
Cai Guogong suddenly looked at his wife, only to see that the other party's eyes rolled over, and he fainted from fright. His hair was wet with sweat, and he looked extremely embarrassed. , looks like a ghost from a distance.
When all the guests saw this situation, they immediately understood—if they were not guilty, the eldest lady and her nanny would not have been frightened like this.
The already noisy mourning hall became more and more chaotic and out of control, and Lin Dan had walked over to the eldest lady and flicked her face with Buddha dust to wake her up.
Seeing her ashen-faced, maddened husband and indifferent son, the eldest lady finally covered her face and screamed, then took off the golden hairpin on her head and prepared to commit suicide, but was knocked down by Lin Dan's Buddha dust...
The little emperor ordered the imperial guards to take the eldest lady to the side courtyard for interrogation. After an hour, she finally confessed, but it turned out that the old lady was killed by the young master Cai. The hospital took care of the aftermath of his son. She changed the old lady's clothes and bedding, and she also closed her bulging eyes and wide open mouth. She brought Mixiang, so the servants in the entire courtyard fell asleep, and no one found it.
After the matter was figured out, Cai Guogong raised his knife and slashed, threatening to kill his son and wife, and the others rushed to stop him. The scene was very chaotic. Lin Dan turned a blind eye to this, holding Xu Miaomiao, who was frightened, and slowly walked out of the house step by step, followed by Yao Bishui who was full of doubts.
Prince Jin was by her side, and the whole person seemed very silent.
A group of nobles followed the two from a distance, pointed at Lin Dan's back, and commented in awe, "Marquis Yongxin is right, this Taoist priest is really a god!"
"If the old lady could listen to her that day and send Young Master Cai away, there would be no tragedy like today!"
"How did you say she knew?"
"Just figure it out!"
"Sure enough, the Taoism is profound! No wonder the emperor and the lord treat her so politely! This person is not a demon, but a real fairy! No, I must go to Xuanqing Temple tomorrow to pay homage!"
"Have you found out, when she brushed the Buddha dust on the big lady's face, the big lady woke up, and with another stroke, the big lady's golden hairpin fell off. This is a spell!"
"I was stunned for a while, and when these two hands were exposed, there is really nothing to say! A living god, a proper living god!"
Everyone's discussion was interrupted by the little emperor who ran out of the mourning hall. I saw the young man smiled and helped Lin Dan get on the carriage, and then hugged the chubby Xu Miaomiao with his own hands, and then said with a sullen face: "Xianchang, you must explain my confusion today, otherwise I won't be able to sleep!"
After hearing this, Prince Jin, who had been reserved all the way, finally showed a longing look.